I never had an interest in these kind of games but I really wish to play PSO2 since I grew up a Sega fan and would love to try this, but I want to be used to these kind of games already before I try this, I tried the JP version but I had too many problems getting the English patch to work so I might as well wait. A friend of mine keeps begging me to get WoW but I don't want to pay to play after the trial. I have Ragnarok Odyssey for my Vita but I want something on PC. Something similar maybe?

What problems did you have with the English patch? I just installed this a few days ago and I helped both of my friends get everything set up. The process is really quite simple and I'd be happy to walk you through it.

Honestly, I've been bouncing around between various action MMOs since PSU died ages ago, and nothing really compares when it comes to scratching that PSO itch. Tera and Dragon Nest are okay games, but PSO2 is much better.

Download english patch, unzip, copy files in English patch, paste them in appropriate folder Sega\PSO2\Bin\Win32 over write them, run game, done. Make sure patch is most recent version or else it will fail, have to reapply after each update.

Bunches of free games floating around that are solid.
www.pathofexile.com reddit.com/r/pathofexile Its like D2 + FF7 Materia+FF10 sphere grid slapped together. Good fun. Good game.

www.firefallthegame.com FPS/Third Person Shooter mixed with MMORPG. Its really good actually. It may ruin you from other more standard MMOs though. They did a really nice job on this yet its not done yet. Its beta and still very much so a beta. However a very solid game in its own right.

www.playhawken.com Do you like mechs? Fast paced pvp mech battles? Hawken is a f2p mech shooter. Its fun and fast. The match making is a kin to Halo or Call of Duty however.

http://tera.enmasse.com/ Tera. A korean MMORPG that was p2p for a bit but is now F2P. Its combat is sort of like PSO2. A bit clunkier in my opinion though. Its character design is also quite korean. You'll see it the most in the female designs. Koreans enjoy their skimpiness. It has a lot of fan servicey stuff. Be prepared. But the combats fun. Becomes a grind around lvl 40 though.

If you don't mind tossing down 60 bucks then I could recommend Guild Wars 2. I wont say much on it since its not free but they've changed up the mmo standard of tanks, healers, dps. Everyone is everything and yet nothing at once.

www.worldoftanks.com They removed the Pay to Win elements of the game so if you've given it a look before maybe try it again? Its a player vs player tank game. You drive a tank and shoot other people in tanks. Its harder than it sounds and its enjoyable.

Vindictus plays a bit similarly to PSO2 with the regions you enter, party boats for each brief mission with different enemies and bosses you hunt and whatnot.

The battle style of it is a bit similar in that its real time action with regular and smash attacks, and special abilities, but your play style of abilities is pretty different, and there is no easy swapping between classes.

Hey! If you are interested in the PSO series as a whole, the SCHTACK crew still are running their free server for Phantasy Star: Blue Burst over on their site.

PSO:BB is the PC version of the original Phantasy STar Online with Episodes 1,2,4 (3 was a GC only card game). It takes a bit of getting used to as it is a fairly old game. I believe it was a GC launch title and was on Dreamcast before that. Either way, it's a fun bit to introduce yourself to the community/"lore" of this world. Take a shot. It's also free!